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I'm chris matthews in washington. the most right wing national candidate in modern american politics is running for president as of today. ted cruz has accused president obama of being under communist influence influence, accused a double purple heart winner of being on the take to north korea. cruz is blindly ignorant of what this country went through in the early 1950s under the red baiting of joseph mccarthy and others or out there deliberately channeling mccarthy today. even if he doesn't win next year, his tactics questioning people could set the tone for the coming republican debates. wi...

Here, this is one of those episodes when it flares up, chris. and the republicans from the very beginning have been seeking to discredit obama. not saying we disagree with his policies, but to say this guy is bad. this guy is other, this guy is something else. you know, there has been this sort of latent obama derangement syndrome. the virus remains in the blood. and it seems to flare up from time to time. but it's not necessarily something they're calculating, i think. it's just there is some sort of reflexive hatred that drives us from time to time. >> let me go to sam on this. maybe you don...

Argue: now, do you believe colmes is a communist for advocating good housing, good food and a lifestyle that can only be paid for by those who have money? >> argument. >> you believe is he a communist or not? >> sort of, yeah. >> sort of, okay. >> no, no. you have had your say. sort of is the answer. >> red baiting is alive here. >> not red baiting. it's a description of a political philosophy. >> no communism is an economic system. i'm a capitalist, i also believe the government should step in when necessary in order to give a basic service. >> we already have that that's my point. >> here is...

Argue: now, do you believe colmes is a communist for advocating good housing, good food and a lifestyle that can only be paid for by those who have money? >> argument. >> you believe is he a communist or not? >> sort of, yeah. >> sort of, okay. >> no, no. you have had your say. sort of is the answer. >> red baiting is alive here. >> not red baiting. it's a description of a political philosophy. >> no communism is an economic system. i'm a capitalist, i also believe the government should step in when necessary in order to give a basic service. >> we already have that that's my point. >> here is...

Would tell me one-on-one that they had real concerns. the president was able to hold his votes. senator hagel was confirmed and now i wish him well. i hope he's a very, very succ s successful secretary. >> shouldn't the critics have checked their facts first before asking if he deposited money in group that is didn't exist? wasn't there a lot of red baiting and other kinds of, really unfair questions asked in a public forum. >> i'll let people characterize those. i think i asked some very serious and substantive questions about his positions on iran, his positions with regard to israel. i know...